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The Graveyard Book Tour

Here's a list of the US and the UK stops on the Graveyard Book tour:Before the tour (and technically before the US release of the book -- although the publisher are being very nice and letting it out just this once):

The Proper US tour starts in New York on Tuesday the 30th. At each US stop, I'm going to read a chapter of The Graveyard Book. I'm going to read them in order. Other things will happen too (we're hoping for some exclusive Coraline footage, for example), and there will be a Q&A and maybe other things. The stops are going to be filmed. Each Chapter that gets read will also be put online by Harpers very soon after it's read (depends mainly on how quickly the footage can be edited and put up online). So you can follow the tour around, and get the book a chapter at a time for free...

September 30, 2008 -

Chapter 1

Graveyard Book US Tour: New York

Tuesday, 7:00pm

US Publication Day!

Teachers College at Columbia University

Horace Mann Auditorium

525 W. 120th Street

New York, NY 10027

908-991-2153

Hosted by Barnes & Noble College. Event is free and open to the public, no tickets needed. Pre-signed books will be available for purchase.

The venue is beautifully restored 1920s movie palace with seating for 1000. To attend this event, pre-purchase a copy of Neil Gaiman's latest - The Graveyard Book - and a $5.00 event ticket. (The wording of this is a bit odd -- let me find out if you can go with just a ticket. Neil) Autographed copies of the new book will be reserved and waiting for all ticketholders. Neil Gaiman’s presentation will be followed by a screening of the film, Stardust.

This venue seats 500.Tickets for this event cost $28.00, which includes admission to the event and a signed first edition of the Graveyard Book ($19.52 value).Tickets available only at The Booksmith, in person, or by phone, 415-863-8688 or 800-493-7323.

October 6, 2008 –

Chapter 7, part 1 (We had to split it into two because it's over two hours long)

Graveyard Book US Tour: Los Angeles

Monday, 7:00pmLincoln Middle School1501 California AvenueSanta Monica, CA 90403310-260-9110Hosted by Barnes & Noble. Event is free and open to the public, no tickets needed. Pre-signed books will be available for purchase.

Date: Friday 31st October (Hallowe'en)Time: 6:30pmPlace: Old Theatre, London School of Economics

"Tickets are priced at 8 pounds and 6 pounds (concessions), and will entitle you to 2 pounds off either edition of the book on the night. The book officially goes on sale on the 30th October, so this should be a fun one.

Tickets can be purchased in two ways: come into the shop (Blackwell, 100 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0JG), or contact us by phone on 020 7292 5100 and we will send your tickets out to you. We expect the phone lines to be very busy for the first couple of days, so bear with us!"Website: http://www.blackwell.co.uk/ If you have any questions for now, email events.london@blackwell.co.uk with 'Gaiman' in the header.

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I was talking to Roger Avary today (I bought him a pirated copy of Beowulf in China as a present, and called to let him know) and I asked him how the nearly-nude roller skater of Ojai was doing. (He had pointed her out to me rather proudly when I was in Ojai last year, as she skated around wearing a g-string and pasties in order to draw attention to either herself or to environmental causes or, possibly both. He said she was a town landmark.)

And I read the line Police here told her to tone it down after construction workers complained and I think my mind might have boggled slightly.It felt like a Mad Magazine "scenes we'd like to see"as the construction workers noticed the young skating lady's near-nudity, and then called the police to complain.